True Wealth: How and Why Millions of Americans Are Creating a Time-Rich,Ecologically Light,Small-Scale, High-Satisfaction Economy

It directs us to the chance to be rich in the things that matter to us most, and the wealth that is available in our relations with one another.

reclaiming time is the common denominator of lifestyles at the cutting edge of the sustainability frontier.

The first is income-induced changes in the mix of goods and services, which occur when households cut back disproportionately on resource-heavy vacation travel and home renovation, or the purchase of consumer electronics and other discretionary

rejecting passionate consuming because the thrill of the mall is gone is about as sensible as not eating because the fast-food culture is so awful.

Eco-footprint analysis is the basis of the widely reported statistic that if everyone on the globe lived as Americans do, we’d need five planets to support the human population.

goods fell. Pensions got unreliable, while low prices for manufactures became a fixture.

True wealth can be attained by mobilizing and transforming the economies of time, creativity, community, and consumption.

based on communication between the designer and the consumer,

Some consumer theorists argue that the emergence of a symbolically driven economy implies that when people crave images and social meaning, the materiality of goods becomes unimportant, which in turn can produce dematerialization. The idea is that we consume images, rather than material products.